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STEVENS POINT – A new local government reporter, summer reporting intern and sports editor have joined the news staff of Stevens Point Journal Media.

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Sari Lesk started in her new reporting position Monday. She will cover government issues in the city of Stevens Point and Portage County, focusing on challenges and decisions that affect the community.

Lesk received a journalism degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she spent two years as a reporter and editor for The Daily Illini. She also completed an internship for Illinois public radio and was a grader for beginning journalism students at the university.

She can be reached at 715-345-2257 or at slesk@stevenspoint.gannett.com.

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Andy Davis is interning for the summer as a news reporter, covering a variety of topics.

Davis is a May graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where he received a bachelor’s in communication with an emphasis in journalism. He was previously a reporter, news editor and then editor-in-chief for the campus newspaper, The Pointer.

He can be reached at 715-345-2253 or at adavis3@stevenspoint.gannett.com.

Babiarz, who had been a sports journalist for 16 years in Bismarck, was twice named the North Dakota sportswriter of the year. Prior to joining the Tribune, he covered local sports for four years in New Hampshire. Originally from the Chicago area, he received a bachelor’s degree in English and journalism from the University of New Hampshire.